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No. 307,417. Patented Oct. 28, E884.

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V HENRY H. THOEP, or CLEVELAND, oHio.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,417, dated October' 28, 1884.

Application filed August 17, 188:2A

To aZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HENRY H. THoRP, o

Cleveland, in the county ot' Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Types; and I do hercby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to type-forms; and it consists in the peculiar construction of that which iste constitute the border of a form of type, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my improved border, and Fig. 2 is a detached view showing a number of quads constructed and arranged according to my invention.

B B are quads, slugs, rule, or borderadapted to inclose a page or form of type. a a is a groove or depression formed t0 receive the page-cord A, for holding the form together.

Heretofore it has been necessary to remove this page-cord prior to locking up the form, and in case of live matter77 it has heretofore been necessary to reapply the page-cord and remove it`again when said matter was to be reprinted. y, All this is attended with considerable labor and risk of "pieing7 the form, which isA obviated by my invention.

groove c is intended to receive the page-cord The (No model.)

and to retain it. After a page or form has been made up the pageeord is applied within the groovea and allowed to remain, inasmuch as the furniture can firmly abut against the form without anyinterferenee from the cord, which lies embedded within the groove a, and in the case of live matter it will be apparent that the danger of pieing and the labor usually attending it are largely reduced. As already stated, the groove a may be formed in border or rule of any kind, or in slugs or quads.

I do not limit myself in any manner to the exact form of groove or to the employment of a single groove, although for ordinary purposes one is sufficient.

What I claim isl. A border for a page or form of type, provided with a continuous groove to receive a page-cord, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the bordering or outside pieces of a printers form provided with a continuous groove, c1, of'a page-cord, substantial] y as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY H. THORP.

Witnesses:

L. L. LEGGETT, OHAs. A. FRYE. 

